New patent application for Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship

Here we are to inform you that Xiaomi has filed a patent application with the State Intellectual Property Office in China. This patent is related to some sort of a new method to integrate fingerprint scanning into the touch buttons on a device, so we can only imagine that the company is doing all these with its new Xiaomi Mi 5 flagship in mind.

So, we have reasons to believe that Xiaomi Mi5 could integrate a fingerprint sensor on its home button, just as we have all seen on other popular devices such as iPhone 6 and the Samsung Galaxy S6. Even more, we can tell you the fact that the patent application reveals the use of an additional layer of glass on top of the home button which would add to the looks of the phone and help protect the components inside the fingerprint scanner.

Well, there is no mystery the fact that Apple uses sapphire glass for its Touch ID to protect the embedded technology inside its home button and we like the idea of seeing it on Xiaomi’s Mi 5 handset. And if you are interested on this device, be sure of the fact that we have even more details.

The Xiaomi Mi 5 is expected to feature with a 5.2-inch screen with a 1440 x 2560 (QHD) resolution, while the power will most probably be offered by a quad-core 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 CPU coupled with an Adreno 420 GPU handling graphics and 3GB of RAM is supposedly. In terms of memory, here we also have to choose between 16GB/64GB of native storage on board.

Back and front-facing cameras are of 16MP and 8MP respectively and we must tell you once again the fact that the layer of glass on top of the button is the best proof of a great design and a solid built. As for the actual availability of this device, we know that Xiaomi Mi 5 is expected to be officially introduced in the fourth quarter of this year, so stay tuned for more!